As Homs was shelled for the 19th day by Syrian forces, activists reported the deaths of 20 people, including two journalists whose work foiled Syria’s efforts to limit coverage.

The fall of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria would be welcome in Jerusalem, but the prospect of chaos across the border worries officials.

BEIRUT (AP) — A French photojournalist and a prominent American war correspondent working for a British newspaper were killed Wednesday as Syrian forces intensely shelled the opposition stronghold of Homs. President Bashar Assad’s regime also escalated attacks on rebel bases elsewhere, with helicopter gunships strafing areas [...]

American journalist Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik were killed Wednesday in the Syrian city of Homs. NBC’s Richard Engel reports.

The intense fighting in Syria between President Bashar Assad’s forces and opposition rebels seems to be getting worse by the day. On Wednesday, a French photojournalist and a prominent American [...]

The editor of the Sunday Times paid tribute to “extraordinary” foreign correspondent Marie Colvin after she was killed in the besieged Syrian city of Homs today.

Prime Minister David Cameron has led tributes to award-winning Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin after she was killed in the besieged Syrian city of Homs.

Throughout her long and distinguished career as a war correspondent Marie Colvin, who was killed in Syria on Wednesday, earned an unparalleled reputation for bravery and all-consuming commitment to the job.

AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) – American correspondent Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik were killed in the besieged Syrian city of Homs on Wednesday when rockets fired by government forces hit the house they were staying in, opposition activists and witnesses said.

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Marie Colvin, the award-winning Sunday Times journalist, has been killed in Syria. It is reported that she died alongside a French photographer in Homs when a house they were staying in was shelled.
News agencies say she and the photographer, Remi Ochlik, another veteran war correspondent, were killed by a [...]

AMMAN (Reuters) – Two Western journalists were killed in the besieged Syrian city of Homs on Wednesday when shells hit the house they were staying in, opposition activists and witnesses said.

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